Jomy Varghese, '10

Jomy Varghese, a member of Loyola College in Maryland’s Class of 2010, has been named a Goldwater Scholar. Varghese, a double major in mathematical sciences and biology/chemistry from Ellicott City, Md., plans to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. in bioinformatics after he graduates from Loyola.

Funded by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, the Goldwater Scholars program is designed to foster and encourage outstanding undergraduate students in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. The scholarships cover the costs of tuition, fees, books and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year for the winners’ junior and/or senior years in college.

Varghese is one of 278 Goldwater Scholars chosen from a field of 1,035 applicants. Two additional Loyola students received honorable mentions from the scholarship program: Kristin Abt, ’10, a biology and psychology major from Baltimore; and Paul La Plante, ’11, a physics and Spanish major from Hamilton, NJ.